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November 30, (THEWILL) — African Locust bean, locally called 'Dawadawa', is a proteinous fruit used in spicy food among households in northern Nigeria. However, reports show that the burning of forests by counter-insurgency efforts to eliminate armed bandits who...

November 30, (THEWILL) — Financial fraud remains one of the most corrosive threats to institutions and economies across the world. Even highly developed markets, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and parts of Asia, have suffered major corporate...

“Not all decisions are signed. Many are simply nodded into existence.” November 30, (THEWILL) — In many African policy environments, formal governance structures sit atop a deeply relational foundation. On paper, reform requires memos, minutes, and majority votes. In reality,...

November 24, (THEWILL) — The informal sector of our economy is enormous and demands our attention. It employs the majority of our population and generates income that many rely on for survival. I recently read the “Moniepoint” report on the...

November 23, (THEWILL) — When in 2013 Aliko Dangote dreamt of establishing the first privately–owned refinery in his country, he turned to a syndicate of 13 Nigerian banks to raise the initial $5.5 billion. The Central Bank of Nigeria...

November 17, (THEWILL) — The payment revolution will be won by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), not multinationals. This prediction is grounded in the growing evidence that SMEs are rapidly adopting digital payment systems and driving innovation in payment...

- Experience. Wisdom. Resources. All fill the portmanteau of three score November 16, (THEWILL) — One month after Dr Ike Chioke’s birthday, tributes still continue to pour in to celebrate a man whose life embodies service to the society. Sixty,...

- “Access is not always empowerment. Sometimes, it is containment dressed as opportunity.” November 16, (THEWILL) — Across African institutions, from civil society and philanthropy to media, academia and policymaking, access is often described as a pathway to influence. Young...

November 10, (THEWILL) — Palpable jubilation has been going on in Nigeria, especially in the officialdom and the financial sector in the past few days owing to the country’s removal from the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task...

November 09, (THEWILL) — Across the world, cities once celebrated for their prosperity, San Francisco, Singapore, London, Zurich, Oslo, and Mumbai, now top the charts of global living costs. Skyrocketing rents, surging food prices, and declining purchasing power have...